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Use in varieties of Scots

slavery Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 5.7 0 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1211 0 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 7 1

Occurrences of slavery in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ae Leith tae Barbadoes - tae slavery in the plantations - on boar on page 39
r some, or transportation tae slavery in the Indies. on page 58

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
America whaur she focht agin slavery, lectured agin religion, advo on page 124

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
awin me hert-likin wis a weet slavery smacker richt on the gob. on page 118

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ffers got fat off the blood o slavery, an we filled oor boots over
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
on the stumps o slavery
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
been bred - creatit - in slavery, for nae ither purpose nor ta
baun, e’en here, e’en in slavery ... bit maybes a slavery nae
... bit maybes a slavery nae waur nor bein a fundie wu
3 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
shal be hauden in thirldom or slavery; slavery and the slave trade
; slavery and the slave trade shal be p
2 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@afneil Howay, Andrew! Slavery isnae just oan that period! I(2020) search twitter